Geography 1
Which is a physical feature found in the Northeast?
Deserts
Mountains
Plateaus
Plains
Mountains
True or False: Ports are busy with ships docking to trade. Ports let ships brings goods back and forth to other locations.
True
Independence definition-
the freedom to govern oneself.
Name an Industrial Revolution product in the reading?
Textile Mill
What are the directions used on a map to find a locations?
North, South, East, West
What does the term glaciers mean?
Huge, slowly moving masses of ice.
Blizzards: Are __________ winds, snow storms that sometimes occur.
Strong
Declaration: ___________ ________________
Official Statement
T/F: Did kids work in a facotries?
True
What is a Megalopolis?
Urban Region formed when two or more metropolitan areas grow together.
What products come from Northeast Quarries?
Granite
Cheese
Maple Syrup
Paper
Granite
What are the four seasons of the Northeast
Summer, Winter, Fall, Spring
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed?
July 4th 1776
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell's
T/F Metropolitan- is a small city
False- Big
Which group was formed in the first confederation in North America?
Iroquois
What is a harbor?
is a protected area of water where ships can dock safety.
What is a canal?
A waterway dug across land.
Who invented the first electric power plants?
Alexander Graham Bell
Name 5 of the 13 colonies
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusttes, New Hampshire, Maine
What year did the original eight colonies start in the Northeast?
1600s
Colonists: are people living in _________.
Colonies
Why would we want NAVIGABLE rivers?
For ships to use.
In the mid 1800's ____________ began to power machines in factories.
Steam engines
Who was the early English Explorer in 1610?
Henry Hudson